tripoliticus

Updated: May 16, 2025

It formed the model for another Βίος Ἑλλαδος by a certain Jason, and for Varro's Vita Populi Romani. It was evidently appreciative. A more speculative work was his Tripoliticus, arguing that the best constitution ought to be compounded of the three species, monarchic, aristocratic, and democratic, as in Sparta. Only then would it be sure to last.

Gilbert Murray - Five Stages of Greek Religion